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That would be my guess too - both clubs, despite being ‘money clubs’ have actually invested into their local area and done some good over the years, they’re not the same as the other 4.

That’s my feeling, this is a power grab again, they’re heaping pressure on out in the open to try and gain in other ways so think.

He could just not dive in constantly? I’ve never known a CB be caught wrong side as often as he does. Vestergaard doesn’t do that?

Bednarek is absolutely fucking terrible

We miss Romeu horribly, one of our most under appreciated players for years. He was our player of the season until he got injured, he ran games from the midfield, such a shame we lost him.

Was thinking that

Yeah i’ve never rated centre halves like that, Dunk at Brighton a great example. I think Bednarek is better than he’s shown since January but he’s nowhere near as good as people on here act like he is.

Should make people finally start to appreciate how good he is though

I’d happily concede another 6 if it meant I never had to listen to Don Goodman ever again

Bednarek must be gutted Stephens isn’t playing anymore to take the blame for everything, he’s fucking useless

I couldn’t care less about this result, but I do care that Ralph doesn’t make a sub when we’re 3-0 down after 70 minutes with our most important game for about 3 years on Sunday.

Presumably they’re going to show our penalty claim after the break

Anyone gonna tell Don Goodman that ‘dominance’ doesn’t win any points? He’s doing my head in

Agreed - a strong performance and comfortable win, with key players looking sharp, and I may start to allow myself to get a bit excited for the semi final. It’s the hope that kills you!

I could definitely see the temptation to wrap a couple of players in cotton wool for Sunday but think we’ve just got to go out with our best team to win the game. KWP was a bit rusty against Burnley so could probably do with tonight’s game to get up to speed anyway. We can’t not play him for every game after the semi if we got through, to keep him fit for the final, so might as well just take the chance.

‘The Saganowski Effect’ haha, love that we all have the same comparison in mind when it comes to loan players giving their all for a contract and then turning it in after that. Great player in that loan season.

Since it ‘even out’ i’m hoping we’ve saved all ours up for the FA Cup games, couple of 4-0 wins all goals being penalties seems to be what we’re owed.

I was there for the hat trick too, and I would never have thought it was within 3 minutes at the time - never crossed my mind it would be the record! That third goal was absolutely brilliant from start to finish, they don’t often show the whole build up. Great team that was.

I don’t agree that he’s dropped off, think it’s exaggerated on here massively because he doesn’t bomb forward like KWP constantly, but mainly that option is there to enable the diagonal ball from Vestergaard. But regardless of that, for a club that has to sell to buy, where is the logic in letting a perfectly capable full back go for free, when we already need to buy at least one already?

Really can’t get my head round letting Bertrand go if it’s our choice. It’d be a perfect scenario to have a senior left back with a new understudy in (Williams) to eventually take his place.

Yes, it isn’t something that I would advise anyone to do either, that’s why i’m saying if people just represented what Matt has actually been saying it would be a strong enough case that he’s said some pretty stupid shit. Exaggerating it or twisting it just clouds the whole discussion imo, and causes some to actually side with the people saying said stupid shit.

Always wanted the genuine version of this shirt, but couldn’t part with the money - not a fan of unbranded retro versions, so this is absolutely brilliant!

No he didn’t, he shared an image posted by somebody else that said ‘the people who were protecting Anne Frank were breaking the law, the people who killed her were following it’. The insinuation being that ‘it’s the law’ shouldn’t always be justification that something is right, as i’m sure there are thousands of example throughout history. ‘He compared lockdown to the holocaust’ is the sort of bias bollocks misinformation that is rife at the moment, and naive people lap it up and don’t bother to find out the actual situation. There’s plenty of bollocks Le Tissier has spouted in the past year, so i’m not sure why people need to make stuff up - it was the same with Trump, some of the quotes and headlines were so far from what he actually said, when in actual fact if you just quoted things he actually said, most people would still come to the conclusion he was a fucking idiot anyway.

I’d love to hear you argue that Joelinton is a better player, i’m sure Newcastle fans would be impressed if you managed it.

Joelinton, Benteke, Andy Carroll, Seb Haller (now left), Dwight Gayle, Karlan Grant, Matej Vydra, Danny Welbeck, Neal Maupay, Oli McBurnie, David McGoldrick, Billy Sharp, Aleksander Mitrovic, Wesley, Willian Jose, Fabio Silva, Iheanacho (until the last few matches). These are all strikers who have been playing regularly in the Premier League over the last two seasons, most of whom cost much more than Che, that I would not swap him for. So not sure how it can be determined that he’s ‘not Premier League level’. Even take someone like Ollie Watkins, who cost 3 times more than Che Adams, and has had huge plaudits all season and an England call up - he has only been involved in 3 more goals than Che, which includes a hat trick and a penalty, all whilst being fed by one of the most creative players in the league in Grealish (don’t think he’s scored a goal since he’s been injured). Think people need to temper their expectation of what level of player should be playing for Saints to be honest.